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What is the distribution of results for a random walk, where each step can have possible values +1 and -1?
What is the distribution of results for a random walk, where each step can have possible values +1 and -1?
- Uniform Distribution
- Poisson Distribution
- Exponential Distribution
- Normal Distribution (correct)
What does the Central Limit Theorem state about the distribution of the sum of a large number of random variables?
What does the Central Limit Theorem state about the distribution of the sum of a large number of random variables?
- It tends towards a Normal Distribution (correct)
- It tends towards a Uniform Distribution
- It tends towards a Poisson Distribution
- It tends towards an Exponential Distribution
What is the Central Limit Theorem used as rationale for in the context of errors?
What is the Central Limit Theorem used as rationale for in the context of errors?
- Modeling the distribution of measurement errors (correct)
- Modeling the distribution of theoretical errors
- Modeling the distribution of experimental outcomes
- Modeling the distribution of simulation errors
What is the estimate of the mean from a sample in the context of the Normal Distribution?
What is the estimate of the mean from a sample in the context of the Normal Distribution?
What Python function is useful for simulating a Random Walk?
What Python function is useful for simulating a Random Walk?
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